New Cross station
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| New Cross | |||
| Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | New Cross | ||
| Local authority | Lewisham | ||
| Operations | |||
| Managed by | Southeastern | ||
| Platforms in use | 4 (3 NR, 1 LU) | ||
| National Rail | |||
| Station code | NWX | ||
| Annual entry/exit |
2.065 million * | ||
| Transport for London | |||
| Zone | 2 | ||
| Annual entry/exit | 2.62 million † | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened October 1850 | ||
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| † Data from Transport for London [1] | |||
| * based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at this station. Disclaimer (PDF) | |||
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- See also New Cross Gate station, formerly called New Cross and very close to this station
New Cross station is a London Underground and mainline station in New Cross, about 600 m from New Cross Gate station. It is a southern terminus of the East London Line, the next station being Surrey Quays. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. The platforms are lettered A to D, to distinguish them from New Cross Gate platforms.
Main-line services are operated by Southeastern from Cannon Street or Charing Cross to north and mid Kent. The next stations are London Bridge to the north and St Johns to the south.
England's railway boom of the 1830s led to two competing companies driving lines through the area. The first, the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) established a station on the New Cross Road close to Hatcham in 1839. The second company, the South Eastern Railway (SER), established a station near Amersham Road in the heart of New Cross in 1849. Both companies called their stations "New Cross".
The confusing state of affairs was allowed to continue until the two companies were absorbed into the Southern Railway on the post-war grouping in 1923. To avoid confusion the Southern changed the name of the Brighton station, the one furthest from New Cross, to New Cross Gate, leaving the South Eastern station as New Cross.
Although no recorded accidents have occurred at New Cross, the Spa Road Junction rail crash occurred a short distance outside the station.
[edit] London Overground
The East London Line will close on 22 December 2007 and not reopen until June 2010. It will become part of the new London Overground system. The service was also closed between 1995 and 1998 due to repair work on the East London Line's Thames Tunnel.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for New Cross station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of New Cross station from Multimap.com
| Previous station | London Underground | Next station | ||
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toward Whitechapel
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East London Line | Terminus | ||
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| London Bridge | Southeastern Hayes Line and Dartford Loop Line |
St Johns | ||
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